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O O SIX MTDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wadnasday, March 13. 19S7 Some Legislatures Debating Bills To Curb Activities of Lobbyists By UNITED PRESS I ing the last session of the Florida legislators from lobbying within That American institution, the Legijture more than three twj years of the end of their times the number of law-makers. ! legislative terms. Plenty Registered J Controls Pending Ony 45 registered in New Lobby-control legislation Is lobbyist, has been getting some pretty rough treatment from the people he a supposed to be as sisting Some legislatures are debating Hampshire, but in Connecticut bills to curb lobbying, a United ' about ?00 regularly show up and Pre$ survey showed today. I in California there are about Thousands of lobbyists flock ' three lobbyists for every legisla te state capitals annually. Thei ; tor. Massachusetts Legislature represent a wide range of in- attracts about 250. Wisconsin's terests and each attampts to ed-' more than 200 and South Da ucate the lawmakers on what's i kotas's drew 142 this year. good for the people. They meet with varying degrees of success. Some legislatures object to the method of education lobbyists practice. Wisconsin i Fight The Wisconsin Legislature, one of 11 that has debated or acted on lobby bills this year, became embroiled in a fight over whether lobbyists should be permitted to buy meals and drinks for the lawmakers, or to jQve them anything of value. Most of the lobby legislation, however, was concerned with keeping track of the lobbyists. The survey showed that in at least 10 states lobbyists aren't required to register and nobody hasny check of their activities. In states were registration is required, the lobbyists some times outnumber the legislators. For example, 436 registered dur- About 130 were expected to sign in for the New York ses sion. Sometimes the registration re quirement is ignored. Georgia has a lobbyists' registration law but not one has registered since 1941. At least four bills to require psid lobbyists to register wer introduced in Texas, where State Rep. James E. Cox was indicted March 1 on charges of agreeing to accept a $5,000 bribe to kill a legislature measure. Increased demand for reg ulatary legislation cropped up in the Illinois General Assembly after investigations of the $2.5 million embezzlement scandal involving former State Auditor Orville E. Hodge turned up pay ment of a $35,000 lobbying fee. But the Connecticut Legisla ture killed a bill to ban former pending in Missouri. New Jer sey, Tennessee. Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, California, Texas, Wisconsin and Illinois. Most ap pears headd for the junkpile. In the Tennessee legislative chambers, lobbyists sometimes sit with senators and represent atives during discussion of bills in which they are interested. In several states notably Florida and Colorado former legislators turned lobbyists can roam at will through the cham bers while the lawmaking bodies transact business. Former Gov. "Edwin C. John son of Colorado registered as a transportation lobbyist the day after he retired from office to push for construction of a pro jected highway tunnel through the Continental Divide. In many states, the survey showed little sentiment against lobbyists. Legislators empha sized that many advocates or op ponents of legislation are help ful, and freshmen legislators in Olympia, Wash., said they learn more from lobbyists than they do from veteran members of the ligislarure. 4 $i tr if inn iimmWi ii mi ft tawii m mi J FRANKII WOULDNT STIR Policewoman Mrs. Glory Dawson (above) has teen revealed as the "sultry voice" who tried to lure ftank Sinatra out of bed into the subpoena-serving bnds of two policemen. She (Stood with the Los Angeles officers outside Sinatra's Film Springs home cooing treaties to get the crooner to open the door. J1A.SE BOBINS Omaha 0J.R) In tha H. C fSieridan front yard here are a couple of "extremely rare" birds two albino robins. Audubon Society officials her said the hatching of two albinos at the Ssvn time is almost unheard of. On The Side (Distributed by King O stars, ynn uw our inpetillg. Two bring and one soul. Two hearts so madly heating To mingle and be whole! O happy night, deliver Her kisses hack to me. Or keep them all, and giver her A bUssfu. dream of me: Lowell. Isn't i.he taxicab driver who gets a passenger speedily and safelv to his destination entitled to a tip? Such is the question of a taxicab company executive. A very naive query. A man with the ability, courage, patience, in telligence and physical endur ance to speedily and safely guide taxicab through major city traffic is a highly skilled oper ator. As such he should not be dependent on tips to make it pos sible for him to enjoy a living wage. He should be paid a good regular salary commensurate with his ability. Why should oth ers in the transportation field such as bus drivers, railroad en gineers, passenger ship skippers and airline pilots be paid good regular salaries, sufficient for the support of their families, and a taxicab driver be compelled to depend on tips to aid in his ac quisition of a living wage? Passing By Michael Todd. The beaming bridegroom. Now the proud spouse of Elizabeth Taylor. There has been some question as to what was the original stage pro duction of Mr. Todd. Some claim it was "Star and Garter," featur ing Gipsy Rose Lee. That Is wrong. Mike's first play pre sented in Chicago was titled "Bring On the Dames." The smash hit of this production was not a dame. It was a penquin "Roll-Easy" Vjyf VACUUM CLEANER jjPy tIjCi i' -'. ' with esHnpUt Ml J0T" sf. attachment ii. .. . .in i. . i By E. V. Durling Features Syndicate. Inc.) billed as "Pete, The Personality Penguin." Among the Married All married women should make an effort to familiarize themselves with their legal rights as wives. In some states in this country the salary of a working wife belongs to her hus band. In other states, the hus band has the legal right to direct how his wife should spend her salary. In still other states, a wife's clothing belongs to her husband. As for example a mink coat. If, in the states referred to, a wife decidd to leave her hus band she couldn't take her mink coat with her. Asides It was Ring Lardner, who said, "An optimist is a woman who mistakes a bulge for a curve" ... If your watch loses more than a minute a week it isn't a good watch . . . One out of every 57 persons in the United States lives in Brooklyn. Guide to Guys Men born under Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20) are not happy as husbands unless they can com pletely dominate the domestic scene. They are very partial to clinging vine type wives. They are opposed to wives having ca reers, iney expect perfect home managing. They want all the comforts of a home plus service like a hotel. Pisces men generally do well financially. They know how to make money and how to keep it. Or, so say the stargazers. Character A man's character can be ac curately Judged by the manner in which he blows his auto horn. If, for example, it is a short blast, indicating he wants to pass, it is quite probable he is a friendly, courteous and considerate fellov A nice man to know. One who would make a good husband. A long blast reveals a man who enjoys telling people off. The type whose favorite indoor sport is ordering his wife around. The long blast plus seveal short blasts indicates the "Big Shot" complex. A dictator type. Also probably a blowhard with his mouth as well as his auto horn. Tuberculosis Case Diagnosed After Chesl X-Ray Survey One case of advanced con tagious tuberculosis has been diagnosed and others are under study as a result of the chest x-ray survey now being conduct ed in convalescent homes in the county by the case finding com mittee of the Jackson County Public Health association, mem bers of the committee have an nounced. The case is now under treat ment in the sanitarium, accord ing to Dr. A.' E. Merkel, county health officer. Members of the committee in clude Col. W. H. Bartlett, Miss Lotus Eaton, Mrs. Richard Knight, Mrs. Elizabeth Paris, director of the x-ray clinics. Glenn Jennings, Jim Rowan and Mrs. Chester Guches, chairman of the committee. Plans Announced Plans were announced for chest x-rays for prisoners in the Jackson county jail through the cooperation of Sheriff Howard Gault and the county court. A report of the hospital ad mission program made by Mrs. Guches indicated that medical staffs of local hospitals had recommended that all patients have chest x-rays as part of the routine admission program. The admission chest x-ray has become a part of the laboratory routine of most progressive hos pitals throughout the country and is of greater value than many other laboratory proced ures. Dr. Merkel said. The committee of the Health association operates the x-ray clinic at Sacred Heart hospital each Thursday afternoon using machinery financed through Christmas seals. Unique Facility Studies Tire Design Buffalo, N.Y. ;U.R) Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory has de veloped a unique test facility for studying pneumatic tire behav ior and design. Called a mobile dynamometer, the device provides accurate road test data under varying conditions. It was developed here under contract with the U.S. Air Force. The dynamometer is attached to the rear of a truck with a test tire suspended from the device and brought into contact with road surface during regular runs at up to 60 miles an hour. Such factors as load, side-force and angle can be varied while a tire is being tested. Precision instru ments automatically measure each performance. Through its research, CAL hopes to come up with specifica tions which will result in safer, high-performance tires lor air planes, trucks and automobiles r- ---.r TP"" : """"-asss f-f w 35 B ;v- S fT- 1&:p-t--. M,f. 1 i if v. ! ! J ww -si .1 nm,mmmjf LEAVE T TO LAS VEGAS-Setting for final play of the first National Gin Rummy Tournament is on a raft of a resort hotel swimming pool. After 22 hours of play bv 47d players from 38 states, Michael Nechak 44 nefn of Hurley Wis, beat out David Gertler, 41, New Orleans attorney, for first place and a prize of $10,000 Gertler's second place netted him $5000. Watching the two nlavers closely is Oswald Jacoby. NEA bridge columnist and na tjonally recognized card expert, who acted as judge The tournament benefited five charities. False Bomb Threats Disrupt Schedules Of Four Airlines A fully charged storage bat tery will not freeze up and break. New York (U.R) False bomb threats disrupted flights of four airlines Tuesday at airports throughout the East. The phony bomb warnings caused delays in flights of Trans World, American, United and Delta airlines planes while they were searched in New York, Philadelphia, Newark, N.J., and Jackson, Miss. Six airborne TWA planes made emergency landings at air ports as far south as Baltimore and as far west as Detroit to permit searches. No bombs were found on any of the planes. Anonymous Call Mad The excitement began when an anonymous caller, sounding like a teen-age boy, told a TWA reservation clerk: "There's a bomb on your plane. You had better get it off." The airline notified authori ties at La Guardia and Idlewild airports in New York, and New ark Airport in New Jersey to hold planes for searching. Tuesday night, Shirley May- field, 25, a reservation agent for American Airlines in Philadel phia, received a telephoned .threat from a woman who said the had a "grudge" against air planes because her father had been struck by one. "Which plane is for you to she told Miss May- find out field. All Planes Grounded A United Airlines spokesman said a bomb warning also had been received from either a woman or a child caller. Both American and United air lines immediately grounded all their planes in the vicinity. Thorough searches were made of all aircraft but no explosives were found. Airlines officials reported they have received about one false bomb threat a month since an airliner was dynamited in Nov., 1955, while en route from Denver to Portland, Ore. John Gilbert Graham was exe cuted for planting a bomb on the plane, killing 44 persons, includ ing his mother. Planes already In the air when the latest bomb alert was sounded landed at Baltimore, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Boston and Philadelphia. Santoiana Speaks At Rotary Club Meeting Tuesday Bank robberies today are com mitted by first timers, but in the 1930s and 1940s seasoned criminals were the chief offend ers, according to J. F. Santoiana Jr., special agent in charge of the Portland FBI office. Speaking at a meeting of the Medford Rotary club Tuesday at the Jackson Hotel, Santoiana discussed the expanding juris diction and functions of the Fed eral Bureau of Investigation, or ganized in 1924 with a staff of 300 employees. Today 5,000 spec cial agent and 7,000 other staff members make up the iBi, un der Director J. Edgar Hoover Starting in 1939, when the bureau was assigned the respon sibility of internal security un der the Roosevelt administra tion, the scope and duties of spec ial agents expanded into fields of espionage and sabotage. More security checks to deter mine the character, reputation and loyalty of employees of the Atomic Energy commission's or ganization and other governmen tal agencies were added to their duties, Santoiana said. Kidnap ping, bank robberies, white slav ery, inter-state transportation of money and similar important crimes lie within the scope of FBI investigations. Since 1935, when the FBI's na tional academy was organized, 3.200 law enforcement nffirorc I have graduated, Santoiana told iRotarians. Medford's police i chief, Charles Champlin, is one of those graduates. Officers of j the Medford police department. including Chief Champlin, were guests. William Crowder, FBI resi dent agent here and a member of the Medford Rotary club, in troduced Santoiana. Mayor's Duties Get International Flavor Dayton, O. iU.R Dale Kink ley, rubber worker here who is also mayor of nearby Brookville, says he not only has to sleep on civic problems, he has to eat on them as well. Many of his constutents are co-workers at the Dayton Rub ber Co., where Binkley is a truck tire builder. During lunch our, they bring their gripes, sug gestions and problems to him, but he doesn't mind. "I give them a lot of advice, some good, some bad, but all of it objective," he pointed out. "Helps get a lot of work out of the way so I can devote my self to other activities." Binkley ran for mayor when he became angry about his high waterb ill. In addition, he is state chairman of youth activi ties for the American Legion and headed the Montgomery County polio fund raising cam- naign. At one time, he had 16 non-paying jobs. Now, with may orality repsonsibilities, he is down to a mere nine. Binkley feels more people who work in factories are taking more active interest in civic affairs. INDUSTRIAL 16 S. Central Phone 3-5308 About 3.5 per cent of all chil dren in the U.S. have divorced parents. Fur Restyling Let us give your fur coat the New Look CLEANING GLAZING Frances9 Furs Formerly Frances Dilliire 1100 Crater Lake Ave. Telephone Remains 2-6526 Gov. Holmes To Speak At Education Conference Salem (U.R) Gov. Robert D. Holmes said today he had ac cepted an invitation to be one of the featured speakers for the Western Regional Conference for the President's Committee on Education Beyond High School at San Francisco next month. everybody's Irish ft on March 17 w send CJffiDS to yur friends . -they're as sunny and bright as a fresh, green shamrock from old Erin itselfl Visit us soon and select yours. , hi ' Jf BOOKS GIFTS RECORDS Rear broth pushes dirt into suction chamber. Yon never have to lift It! Rolls easily over door sills, scatter rugs, even up and. down stairs! Starts Msily-rMtly H eM Lttrt-lsjrj Tlww Away" stags PswerM aMteri Forward brush pulli dirt into suction chamber. EXTRA THROW-AWAY BAGS SOLD HERE I CHI Ml APPLIANCE CO. 115 EAST MAIN MEDFORD pm f i JJ.aa"--- una? - ' V V f ,0 TAKING over as Secretary of Navy is Thomas S. Gates, Jr., Navy captain during World War II. He suc ceeds Charles S. Thomas. Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport WHY ARTHUR DENTS ARE HAPPY! Who'd ever have guessed a month ago that I'd be so happy today! It's wonder ful the way people are brought together and have fun at the Arthur. Murray stu dent parties. It's made all the difference in the world in my life. N. N. TU MURRAY POPULAR lf7 HITTING 40? Just because I was hitting 40, 1 began to lose interest in things. But I soon snapped out of it when I learned to dance. At Arthur Murray's there are lots of folks my age younger and older, too and we all have fun. J. S. H. vJOjW HpsMassS'" LONELY? When I look back, I realize what a lonely life I used to lead. But now I have many friends, thanks to my lessons at Arthur Murray's. We have lots of laughs to gether and plenty of good times at the student parties. M. L. TIMID? I overcame my timidity when I learned to dance. The Arthur Murray student parties gave me the chance to meet lots of people and make many new friends and now I can hardly remember what, it's like to be shy. C. L. OVER 40? Missing out on a lot of fun? Think you're too old to learn to dance? Then ask about our "OVER 40 CLUB". Join in and have fun with our pupils now be tween the ages of 40 and 72. As Mrs. Murray gays, "if you want to put a little fun in your life, try dancing." NEW FRIENDS! I used to be shy about mingling with people. But learning to dance the Arthur Murray way brought me in contact with so many new and friendly people, I soon forgot my timidity and gained new poise and self-confidence. M. B. THIS MONTH $50 COURSE FOR $T n 50 ONLY iQ ARTHUR MURRAV 320 E. Main Phone 3-1728 A
